O, for a draught of vintage! that hath been
Cool'd a long age in the deep-delved earth.
Tasting of Flora and the country green,
Dance, and Provencal song, and sunburnt mirth!
O for a beaker full of the warm South,
Full of the true, the blushful Hippocrene,
With beaded bubbles winking at the brim,
And purple-stained mouth." - Meaning and context.">
Stanza 2

O, for a draught of vintage! that hath been
Cool'd a long age in the deep-delved earth.

Tasting of Flora and the country green,
Dance, and Provencal song, and sunburnt mirth!
O for a beaker full of the warm South,
Full of the true, the blushful Hippocrene,
With beaded bubbles winking at the brim,
And purple-stained mouth.

— John Keats

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "O, for a draught of vintage! that hath been
Cool'd a long age in the deep-delved earth.

Tasting of Flora and the country green,
Dance, and Provencal song, and sunburnt mirth!
O for a beaker full of the warm South,
Full of the true, the blushful Hippocrene,
With beaded bubbles winking at the brim,
And purple-stained mouth." in the context of "Stanza 2" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

Source: Wikiquote: "John Keats" (Quotes, Poems (1820), Ode to a Nightingale: Written in May 1819 — Full text online) The 'What it means' explanation text was generated by Google Gemini Flash (accessed January 18, 2026). https://gemini.google.com/app
John Keats

About John Keats

John Keats (October 31, 1795 – February 23, 1821) was one of the principal poets of the English Romantic movement.